William Powis [P143]
b. 5th Jun 1843 - d. 26th Feb 1927

William married Esther Mustoe [P143S] 16th Sep 1865
Esther takes her husbands number with an added S for Spouse
Esther was married before to Samuel Bedwell whose number would be P143SS {1st Spouse of Spouse}

Esther Powis [P143S] died 30th Jan 1892

William married again on 29th Aug 1896
This time to Eliza Smith who gets the number P143S2 {S2 for 2nd Spouse}

This works the same for female and male Powises.
The only time it's different is when two Powises marry as in the following case

Robert Powis [P38]
b. Jun qtr 1839 - d. Dec qtr 1914

Robert married Sarah Powis [P65] Sep qtr 1862
Sarah Powis b. Sep qtr 1840 - d. Mar qtr 1912
Both Robert & Sarah have their own Pers IDs as both were born with the surname Powis.
We don't want Sarah to lose her own Pers ID but we do need to show a connection to Robert,
To do this we add an X and then their spouses number.
Robert then becomes P38XP65 and Sarah becomes P65XP38

PL Alternate Spelling of Surname.
PD died as infant.
PN not found in BMDs.
PA born abroad or at sea.
PB born before 1837.

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Since we start our count with P1 {this being the first child registered in Sep 1837}
I have added a B to people born before this,

I am currently working on the new Exell file and uploading as I go, to minimise the confusion all the old ID's have been removed.

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